Neck-yoke



(No ModeL) E. B. HARTWELL.

NECK YOKB.

Patented June 5, 1883.

I No. 2'78,Q5Z.

WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EUGENE B. HARTWELL, OF DELPHOS, OHIO.

NECK-YOKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 278,952, dated June 5,1883.

Application filed January 4, 1883. (No model.)

To. all whom it may concern):

Be it known that I, E. B. HARTWELL, a citizen of the United States, anda resident at Delphos, in the county of Van Wert and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Neck-Yoke Centers; and Ido declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing, andto letters or figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of this invention, showinga front view. Fig. 2 is also a front view, and shows the leather bearingin place. Fig. 3 is a cross-section through line a? m of Fig. l.

This invention has relation to neck-yokes; and it consists in theconstruction and novel arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafterfully described and particularly claimed.

In the annexed drawings, the letter a designates the neck-yoke, on themiddle portion of which is seated the metallic center '12, which isusually made of malleable iron. This center consists of a short bar, 0,having at each end a pair of curved arms, (I, forming a circularbearing, which is designed to clasp the neckyoke circumferentially, withexception of a small interval between the ends of the arms on the uppersurface of the yoke, as indicated at e. The circular end bearings areoffset from the bar bearing a, on which the leather bear ing g isplaced, in order to provide room for the application of the leather g.In the ends of the arms cl are made perforations h, through which smallscrews k are driven into the neck yoke, holding the center in place.

This center is easily applied to neck-yokes of different sizes, and itscurved arms or branches can'be closed on the middle or body of the yoketightly, so that it forms a very firm attachment and when a yoke isbroken the center can be easily detached andfitted to a new yoke-bar.

A pole-ring having a clasp-arm which is suitably curved to receive andembrace the under central portion of the neck-yoke has been combinedwith a separate curved clasp arm for the upper central portion of theneckyoke and semi-bearings and rivets for securing the separate claspsto the neck-yoke prior to my invention. A single-tree hook and clip, thelatter having lateral aligned perforations to register with aperforation in the singletree to receive a nut-bolt and compress thewings of the clip against the single-tree, are also old; and neither ofthese constructions is broadly claimed herein.

Having described this invention, what I- claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

The neck-yoke center consisting of the bar 0, having the pairs ofcircularly-curved arms d at each end thereof, forming circularoffsetbearings, said arms having their ends separated at e andperforated for the reception of screws, as specified. a

In testimony whereof I affix mysignature in presence of witnesses.

EUGENE B. HARTWELL.

WVitnesses:

HORACE A. BEEvE, E. W. HASTINGS, J NO. T. HARTWELL, MrRoN V.LoNGswoR-TH.

